The NERC RATE annual report meeting. Summary report 2016

The RATE (Radioactivity And The Environment) programme is a 5 year research programme funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) Ltd, the Environment Agency (EA) and augmented by support from the Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) via its global challenge networks. The high level goal is to build UK capacity in radioactivity and the environment, so that a major contribution to the enhancement of environmental protection and a safeguarding of human health from releases of radioactivity from nuclear power plants, waste repositories and legacy-contaminated sites, as well as natural radiation, can be made.